to sting. TANG also signifies a sting. N.
·noun The tongue of a buckle. II. Tang ·noun A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus). III. Tang...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
, or tangle. ♦ Fucus digitatus, and other sea-weed, which are used as manure. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·- A kind of seaweed; tang; tangle. ...
the little bell of a church. N. Called in the South THE SAINT'S-BELL, which see. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
The sea-weed Fucus vesicolosus, or tangle. ...
Tangle, a sea-weed. ...
A northern name for the seal. ...